Over a month since blogging? Bad blogger, bad. But that month has given me time to think about my blog, the direction I want to go and how I want to work it! So I've been thinking about regular features I want to run, I'm hoping they will keep me accountable to blog. Silly I need to be held accountable to do something I'm doing for fun but that's just how I am.
So very handily today is the start of one feature, which is Filo Friday! For todays edition I'll be sharing a bit about the start of my love affair and an overview of my week so far. I'll try to do that every week but I make no promises!
I've been using a filofax on and off for years. I love the extra space you just don't get in a small diary. I write a LOT of lists (bet you couldn't have guessed that?) and it also gives me an outlet for my organisation ocd. Until fairly recently I had just used it as it came. Filofax inserts and a pen that fitted in the pen loop. Then a month or so ago I was browsing
pinterest and came across a photo that changed all of that...
So these pages were done by the lovely Amy over at
Filo Cuteness (she also has a
youtube channel which is fab too!) and they immediately grabbed my attention. The colour, the stickers and the general sense of fun in her pages made me realise my poor filo was sorely neglected! Finally a way to combine my love of crafting with my love of organising!
So I got my trusty filofax out and got to work. Well I say got to work but first I realised my faux filo was, well, rubbish and not suitable for me! So off to the shops I went! I came home with my first filo in years, a purple malden in personal size.
So now I have set it up and I decorate every week and I could not be happier! For more info on how I set up my filo you can check out my
youtube video (my first one! Do I really sound like that??)
So here's my week 27 in my personal malden....
One picture this week as the natural light hates me and my son wanted to steal the camera! I will try to get more organised with pictures for next week.
So I went with an all green theme this week. I used
washi tape on the top and bottom
Green polka dot hole reinforcers from Staples
Green post it labels
Green arrows from a set from Paperchase
Green pilot frixion pen in 0.5
I normally have more than one colour but I decided to go for it this week and I really like how it turned out. I was concerned it would be too in your face but I think it's looks surprisingly minimalist.
It's been a pretty quiet second half of the week but I have kept busy with things not in my filo!
So that's week 27! I'll be sharing week 28 next friday but in the meantime I might try and do some more videos and of course keep an eye out for the new features popping up over the next few weeks!
